Firefighters battled the flames and thick, black smoke at three homes on Washington Avenue.

Firefighters battled the flames and thick, black smoke at three homes on Washington Avenue.

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Updated: 2:06 AM EST Nov 20, 2014

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WEBVTT ENGINEER BECOMING AN UNLIKELY HERO FOR THE SECOND TIME. WE HAVE THIS MAN'S AMAZING STORY, ALL NEW. Reporter: THIS FIRE WAS DEVASTATING. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BADLY THE FIRST HOUSE WHERE THIS FIRE STARTED WAS DAMAGED. IT'S BASICALLY COMPLETELY CHARRED. THE FIRE ALSO SPREAD TO TWO OTHER HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE, INCLUDING ONE HOUSE WHERE A FAMILY WAS SLEEPING. YOU CAN SEE ALMOST EVERY IMPBL OF THE DUPLEX WAS COVERED IN FLAMES. INSIDE WAS AN OLDER WOMAN WHO WITNESSES SAID DIDN'T APPEAR TO KNOW SHE WAS SURROUNDED BY FIRE. IT WAS RIGHT BEHIND HER. Reporter: HE WAS GETTING HIS TIRES CHANGED ACROSS THE STREET WHEN HE SAW THAT FIRE AND RAN OVER, POUNDED REPEATEDLY ON THE WOMAN'S DOOR UNTIL SHE FINALLY ANSWERED. I SAID, LADY YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, GET THE -- OUT OF THE HOUSE. Reporter: SHE WAS SAFE, BUT THE FIRE SPREAD TO TWO NEIGHBORING HOUSES INCLUDING THIS ONE WHERE TON YA CALHOUN AND HER FAMILY WERE NAPPING. THERE WAS FLAMES FLYING OUT THE WINDOW. WE GOT OUT. IT WAS LIKE TONS OF SMOKE ROLLING OUT AND THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE. Reporter: THREE PEOPLE WENT TO HOSPITALS. FIREFIGHTERS CAN'T SAY FOR SURE WHAT STARTED THE FLAMES, BUT ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER A LIT CIGARETTE IN THIS HOME IS TO BLAME. THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY REASON THE WOMAN WHO LIVES HERE SURVIVED. ODDLY ENOUGH, IT'S THE SECOND TIME HE'S RESCUED SOMEONE IN THE PAST YEAR. WE TALKED TO HIM BACK IN APRIL WHEN HE HELPED A NEIGHBOR ESCAPE A FIRE. RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME OR THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. Reporter: THEY'LL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER THIS HOME NEEDS

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Firefighters battled the flames and thick, black smoke at three homes on Washington Avenue.